About 12% of the staff work outside the U.S., a number the company says will grow.

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At Swansea Crown Court, judges staffed the phones to take calls from defendants who could not make it to their hearing, as a number of court staff were unable to attend work.

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Mr Clarke said he was about to pilot some "payment by results" contracts in the probation service - already in place in two prisons - and give staff the discretion to work in ways to best reduce the number of crimes committed by people released from prison.

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The force is also being asked to increase the number of volunteers who work with support officers and staff.

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Mark Stevens, the council's assistant director for highways, said building work had temporarily reduced the number of spaces in the staff car park.

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He fears this development could put added pressure on budgets and would mean extra work with a smaller number of police officers and frontline staff.

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Circle said it wanted to work with the hospital's staff to improve the safety of its services, and to minimise the number of times patients have to travel to the hospital for different appointments.

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